Van der Doort c.1639

Perino del Vaga

Nine Naked Muses and nine other clothed Muses, with some poetical gods in the clouds, little full-length figures

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 36, № 5
Light: 
light from the left
Frame: 
carved gilded frame
Provenance: 
Lord Cottington, brought from Spain where acquired from Marquis Crescenzi [Giovanni Battista Crescenzi 1577-1635], the King's architect
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
gift
Room description extended: 
Placed "by Your Majesty's appointment"
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 48
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

(Perino del Vaga)